“Oakland” officially NOT in play, hire McDaniels
The Raiders are hiring Josh McDaniels to be their head coach along with the Patriots GM to replace Mayock.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/raiders-hiring-josh-mcdaniels-as-head-coach-ex-patriots-oc-joins-gm-dave-ziegler-in-vegas/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
January 30th, 2022 at 4:54 PM ^
Harbaugh to Vikings or Dolphins. I'm ready to get the dong punches over with.
January 30th, 2022 at 5:10 PM ^
I no longer consider it a doing punch. I'm ready for a young and excited coaching staff, including HC, that wants to be here running the show.
January 30th, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
I'm starting to get there myself.
Harbaugh is a good coach. He's one of us. I'm sure he is a great husband and father. But he is just a bit of a prima donna.
January 30th, 2022 at 5:50 PM ^
You're basing your prima donna comment on what exactly. He hasn't said a word and all the "news" is from social media turds, click baiters and whining MGObloggers.
Harbaugh is pre-Madonna, but that's another matter.
January 30th, 2022 at 7:05 PM ^
The first couple weeks, I was annoyed at the rumor-mongers. Now I'm annoyed that JH hasn't publicly quashed the rumors. That "hasn't said a word" could be reasonably interpreted as a primadonna move.
January 30th, 2022 at 8:06 PM ^
He’s a husband, a father, a son, and a coach. What precisely is his obligation to us?
January 30th, 2022 at 8:39 PM ^
He may be all of those things, but he is also a person in a leadership role within our football program, university, fanbase, and community. As such, he has an obligation to do what is best for those groups - which includes quashing harmful rumors/speculation. Regardless of whether we like the answer, the uncertainty needs to end.
January 30th, 2022 at 8:39 PM ^
This comment touched me for the very first time.
January 30th, 2022 at 10:16 PM ^
Seriously, calling him a prima donna is unnecessary. We knew from the moment he was hired that there was a very good chance that he’d eventually bolt for the NFL. We can argue about how successful his tenure here was but he gave Michigan 7 years and finally got Michigan to a place they haven’t been in a long time before he got here.
He took a massive pay cut and did not say one negative thing in the media about it. He put his head down and continued working. He ended up giving a big chunk of his earnings away to the athletic department employees. During this saga of waiting for the NFL situation to play out he has been out there recruiting as hard as ever, appearing at Michigan athletic games and other events. When recruits asked him point blank if he would leave for the NFL he admitted it was something he’d explore. If he leaves I guarantee you that he will not say one bad thing about Michigan regardless of how he may feel about what has transpired.
Sure you can argue that he’s leaving Michigan in a tough position leaving in late January/early February but ultimately that’s when the NFL jobs that were interested in him got filled. None of the above things seem like something a prima donna would do. It sounds like someone who has spent a big chunk of his life investing in the University of Michigan but knows his value and knows when he has leverage. It really sucks for Michigan but I think he’s handled everything with class and I would expect nothing less from Coach Harbaugh.
January 30th, 2022 at 10:35 PM ^
You say tomato, I say
Pre-Madonna
Prima donna
Primadonna
Premadonna
Premaddon (was Sega wasn't it?)
What's the difference?
January 30th, 2022 at 9:07 PM ^
Agree with you. I think that’s the real question though. Do any current head coaches want to be here? The desirability of the M football HC job seems to have declined a lot in the last 15 years.
January 30th, 2022 at 10:33 PM ^
If Jim leaves, the answer to that question is most likely no because if Jim leaves it is probably because the University is unwilling (or doesn't give a shit) to do what is required to compete with the Bama's, OSUs and Georgia's of college football and despite all his efforts to get the administration to change, it never will therefore coaching at Michigan is an exercise in futility that will lead to beating OSU once a decade if things go well.
January 30th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
What a terrible hire. Why not go with your interim who the players seem to like instead of the coach who already failed in that division a decade ago? You think him coaching against Patrick Mahomes twice a season is going to go better than his other stint?
January 30th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
Agreed
January 30th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Because the team is run by Mark Davis.
January 30th, 2022 at 5:24 PM ^
McDaniels and Ziegler. Remind you of anything?
January 30th, 2022 at 5:26 PM ^
How would you describe the hire of Gattis as our next coach ?
January 30th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
Curious to see the validity on the new rumor of him to the Dolphins? Mark Carman (some analyst) is saying Harbaugh is informing the team he’s leaving for Miami. Not believing it, but not sure how much smoke there is. Confidence is now down to 70%
January 30th, 2022 at 6:52 PM ^
How would Cartman or any "analyst" possibly know that?
January 30th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
Don't think that's going to end well for them...
January 30th, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
Oakland is always in play.
January 30th, 2022 at 7:07 PM ^
How long til he pulls the same crap he did on the Colts....
January 30th, 2022 at 6:22 PM ^
The program is bigger than one guy. If he is staying, he is screwing up his recruiting with signing day next week.
January 30th, 2022 at 6:36 PM ^
The ONLY way this has any positive effect at this point is if Harbaugh signs a long contract with Michigan and has an insurmountable buyout. If he leaves, Michigan lost the guy they wanted forever, right after he finally beats Ohio State and goes to the CFP. That’s a big red flag for any coach looking to coach here, couldn’t even get our own to stay. If he stays but signs the normal contract, the narrative will be that he will shop the NFL every year until he snags a job and that the NFL doesn’t even want him (the poison narrative). Because of how long this has drawn out, what I said in the first line is the only way this has a positive spin for Michigan at this point. Harbaugh, himself, is playing with house money at this point, if he stays he’s a legend, if he goes he got his NFL shot again. For Michigan, at this point, they look to take a hit either way. The talking heads will hammer this to death. As someone else pointed out, we should be primed to get the recruiting fruits of this season in 2023 but we can’t even seem to wrap up our head coach.
January 30th, 2022 at 6:49 PM ^
I think Warde Manuel looks pretty bad with no competitive NIL program like MSU or OSU have. Then you reportedly low-ball your coach with a contract when MSU and PSU signed their coaches to massive contracts.
January 30th, 2022 at 7:39 PM ^
I'll probably get ripped for this, but I think JH is more interested in the NFL than they're interested in him. He's using the NFL crap as leverage for the salary money he had taken away. He'll be in Ann Arbor next year
January 30th, 2022 at 7:39 PM ^
I'll probably get ripped for this, but I think JH is more interested in the NFL than they're interested in him. He's using the NFL crap as leverage for the salary money he had taken away. He'll be in Ann Arbor next year
January 30th, 2022 at 8:03 PM ^
He’ll either be in Minnesota or Miami.
January 30th, 2022 at 9:38 PM ^
The 49ers just lost, so the Vikings will get their coach. Only chance for Harbaugh is to take one of the NFL rebuilding teams. Which he may, since he has a team meeting tomorrow, possibly to let them know he's leaving for Miami or the Jags.
January 30th, 2022 at 10:11 PM ^
Is this a team meeting that was scheduled long beforehand or on short notice?
January 30th, 2022 at 10:19 PM ^
He's off to Miami sounds like. Don't blame him, Ohio State is a headache to deal with and he leaves on top.
January 30th, 2022 at 11:23 PM ^
Thankfully there aren’t any teams as good as Osu in the NFL
January 31st, 2022 at 12:00 AM ^
Miami fanbase is much nicer to losing than Michigan.
January 30th, 2022 at 10:22 PM ^
Not one team in the NFL has ever had success trying to copy the Patriots. When you package one of their personnel guys with one of their assistant coaches, it's even worse. This is because the formula for the Patriots' success took his talents to Tampa.
January 31st, 2022 at 12:22 AM ^
Exactly. The entire "Patriot Way" is:
1) Get the best QB in NFL history in the 6th round
2) Save money on offensive skill players because TB12 can throw the ball to almost anyone and still be successful
3) Invest in defense + offensive line
You can't replicate any of this without step #1.
January 31st, 2022 at 2:06 PM ^
The part you left out is "be dicks to all the players."
January 31st, 2022 at 12:34 AM ^
Bottom line here with Harbs.
If he is such a Michigan Man than just quash the rumors, but clearly he is playing this contract game.
And that's ok except he professes to be all in for UM when he is clearly playing the game.
I believe the most important trait that people (recruits) are looking for these days is honesty, genuineness. Coaches, politicians etc. Just give us the straight story for fucks sake, someone step up and just be clear and succinct, fuck your political party line. It's really pretty easy and simple.
Character starts to show when you, yourself, introduce uncertainty, be careful.